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MONDAY
VALPARAISO | Northwest Indiana Professional Networking meets from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Mondays at the South Bend Chocolate Cafe, 57 Franklin St. NIPN members meet to network and chat with others who are in career transition. There is no fee. For information, call (219) 464-4861 or e-mail nipn@kvworks.org.
TUESDAY
VALPARAISO | Small business operators are invited to Duneland Chapter of Business Networking International from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Strongbow Inn. For information, call Sandy Boland at (219) 926-2505.
GARY | Managers, business owners and sales professionals are invited to the Indiana Business Professionals Chapter of the Networking Club from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Tuesdays at The Baker's House upstairs meeting room, 6004 Miller Ave. For information, call Tammie Galloway at (888) 263-6926, ext 1.
HAMMOND | The North Lake Chapter of BNI (Business Networking International) meets from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays in the Chops Room at Majestic Start Casino's hotel. For more information, call Michael Pelz at (219) 977-2090 or (815) 370-2940.
VALPARAISO | Business professionals are invited to the Business to Business Development Group from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. Tuesdays downstairs at the Fifth Third Bank building, 56 Washington St. For more information, call Jack Kinsey at (219) 531-5331.
WEDNESDAY
SCHERERVILLE | The Highland-Griffith chapter of Leads Club meets at 8:15 a.m. Wednesdays at St. John Township Community Center, 1515 U.S. 30. Call Luba Petryna Balacky at (219) 201-6874 or visit www.leadsclub.com.
CROWN POINT | Indiana Business Professionals chapter of the Leads Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Schoop's Restaurant, 1124 N. Main St. Call Michelle Frey at (219) 662-9729 or e-mail mkmfrey@yahoo.com or visit www.leadsclub.com.
VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso chapter of Leads Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Fifth Third Bank, 56 S. Washington St. (on the Courthouse square). Call Barbara Rivera at (219) 759=4274 or e-mail efnbarb@aol.com or visit www.valpoleads.com.
THURSDAY
SCHERERVILLE | A BNI (Business Networking International) business development group meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Paragon Restaurant at 1545 W. U.S. 30. Call Michael Pelz at (219) 977-2090 for more information.
VALPARAISO | The Porter County Business League meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Round-the-Clock restaurant, 217 E. Lincolnway. Contact Kim Michalski at (219) 510-3674 for more information.
FRIDAY
SCHERERVILLE | Retired judge and professor Linda Chezem, Youth Development and Agriculture Education, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, presents �Planning for Pandemic � Strengthening Our Communities� at the monthly meeting of the Lake County Advancement Committee at noon at Tiebel's Restaurant, U.S. 30 and 41. To make reservations, e-mail Nick Zivanovic at nzivanovic@ccsj.edu or call (219) 473-4303 by March 21. Guests are welcome.
MERRILLVILLE | Northwest Indiana Networking Professionals meet at 7:15 a.m. Fridays at Towne Center Retirement Community, 7250 Arthur Blvd. (73rd Avenue, east of Taft). Contact Beverley Steinman at catchbev@sbcglobal.net or (219) 730-1262. Info: www.nwinetworking.org.
APRIL 3
TINLEY PARK | The Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce will host its 23rd annual expo and conference from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Tinley Park Convention Center, located at Interstate 80 and Harlem Avenue. Booths will be sold at a discounted rate until Feb. 21. Admission to the expo is free with a business card. Cost for the keynote breakfast and networking luncheon is $25 each for members and $35 each for non-members. Contact the Southland Chamber at (708) 957-6950 for more information.
APRIL 4
HAMMOND/VALPARAISO | TechPoint hosts a free live video feed of its New Economy New Rules briefing, Where�s the Money?", from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at Valparaiso University and the Purdue Calumet Entrepreneurship Center. Registration is required. For more information or to register, go to http://www.btlaw.com/Event.asp?Event_ID=697 or contact Deb Hallberg at deb.hallberg@BTLaw.com or at (317) 231-7356.
HAMMOND | Society of Manufacturing Engineers Calumet Chapter 112 and Purdue University Calumet Career Services will host a Manufacturing Industry Job Fair, which will include employers in the manufacturing sector and provide networking, employment opportunities and information gathering, from noon to 3 p.m. at Purdue University Calumet gym, 2300 173rd St. For more information, call (219) 989-2600 or (219) 836-0731.
APRIL 10
MERRILLVILLE | The Northwest Indiana Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Managers annual conference, "HR for the Next Generation/Bridging the Talent Gap" will be at 7:30 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel. Cost is $95 for members and $135 for nonmembers. For more information, visit www.shrmnwi.org.
APRIL 11
CROWN POINT | Farmer's market vendors, growers, producers and food entrepreneurs are invited to "Operating an Efficient Farmer's Market: A Workshop for Market Masters and Vendors" from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Purdue University Extension office, 880 E. 99th Court. (1/2 mile east of the Purdue Calumet Academic Learning Center off 101st Avenue and Georgia Street). Cost is $25. Call Brad Clinehens at (219) 755-3240 for more information.
APRIL 17
CROWN POINT | An estate planning discussion, "Be Prepared for Your Future and Theirs," from 8 to 9 a.m., will be hosted by the law firm of Hodges and Davis PC as part of the breakfast business series at First Financial Bank, U.S. 231 and Broadway. RSVP to Judith Mariola at (219) 226-2066 or judith.mariola@bankatfirst.com.
APRIL 23
MERRILLVILLE | The fourth annual NWI Housing Summit Conference will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza, 800 E. 81st Ave. Cost for the public is $40 ($50 after April 11). Cost for real estate agents and attorneys is $50 ($60 after April 11). Lunch tables and booths are available. For more information, call Sharron Liggins at (219) 881-5075 or Brenda Scott-Henry at (219) 883-4151 or visit www.nwihsc.net.
APRIL 24
PORTAGE | Business professionals are invited to the fifth annual BON (Business Opportunity Night) on from 4 to 7 p.m at Woodland Park, 2100 Willowcreek Road. This networking opportunity is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce at (219) 762-3300.
HOBART | The annual meeting for the Northwest Indiana World Trade Council will be at noon at the Avalon Manor, 3550 E. U.S. 30. Cost is $16 for members and $18 for nonmembers. Register by April 16 by e-mailing nwiwtc@hotmail.com or calling (219) 670.3018.
To read more calendar, visit www.nwitimes.com/business. To include an item in the local business calendar, send event information, time, date, cost and location to: business@nwitimes.com or fax to (219) 933-3249.
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